Self-reports of early childhood victimization among incarcerated adult male felons

Journal of Interpersonal Violence

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 346-361

  Weeks, Robin ^a   Widom, Cathy Spatz ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

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EID: 0039572173     PISSN: 08862605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/088626098013003003     Document Type: Article

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